Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 5, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alexander Pope, bestseller, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, Lake District, nature, poets, tourists, transcendence, Victorian England, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Wordsworth: The Sage of the Lakes

_{Neil Thomas
November 5, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Wordsworth gave rise not just to a minority group of high-culture admirers but to a popular revolution in ordinary people’s thinking. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, birds, bread, cheese, chimpanzees, cuttlefish, Homer, humans, intelligence, Stanford University, timing}

Researchers: More Intelligent Jays Show More Self-Control

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 4, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The researchers say that the same relationship holds true for cuttlefish, chimpanzees, and humans. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Geology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, epiphany, faith, nature, On the Origin of Species, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Science, spirituality, St. Paul, William Hale White, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series), worship}

A Wordsworthian Disciple: William Hale White

_{Neil Thomas
November 4, 2022

Astronomy, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology

4}

Many reported being “converted” to a Wordsworthian view of the world after reading him. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Desmostylia, dugongs, elephants, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, hippos, homologies, hyraxes, mammals, Miocene, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, phylogenetics, sirenians, synapomorphies, Tethytheria}

Fossil Friday: Desmostylia, and the Problem of Horizontal Tooth Displacement

_{Günter Bechly
November 4, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

10}

Nature appears to be deceptive. Are Darwinists bothered by such problems? Not at all. Read More ›

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Date
November 3, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aesthetics, atmosphere, atmospheric gases, Casey Luskin, earth, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, water}

Geologist Casey Luskin: Our Intelligently Designed Planet

_{Science and Culture
November 3, 2022

Fine-tuning, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Dr. Luskin offers an additional design argument, this one aesthetic in nature, and takes questions from the audience. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 3, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, bacteria, Cambridge University Press, design detection, Elisabeth Bik, fraud, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Lee Cronin, New York Times, pattern, probability, Retraction Crisis, Sara Walker, specification, Twitter, William A. Dembski}

Design Detection in the New York Times — The Issue of Science Fraud

_{Paul Nelson
November 3, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

3}

When the pincer closes around a pattern, intelligent causation is uniquely implicated. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 3, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, England, epiphany, France, French Revolution, Lake District, Mircea Eliade, natural theology, Natural Theology (book), nature, soul, spirituality, William Paley, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Darwin, Wordsworth, and Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
November 3, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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I give here a short sample of just one of the passages in “Tintern Abbey” where Wordsworth reports undergoing what might be described as a moment of epiphany. Read More ›

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Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, faith, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, paleontologists, podcast, Salvo Magazine, Science, theism}

Günter Bechly: A Scientist’s Path from Atheism to Christian Theism

_{Science and Culture
November 2, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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There are many stories of the evidence for intelligent design bringing individuals to a general belief in a cosmic designer. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Great Britain, HMS Beagle, natural theology, Natural Theology (book), nature, spirituality, William Paley, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin

_{Neil Thomas
November 2, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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It has long been recognized that the many hymns to Nature in the poetic works of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) convey an implicit belief in natural theology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arthritis, depression, diseases, genetic disorder, high blood pressure, lifespan, migraine, mother, Nature (journal), neurotransmitters, pills, placebo, seizures, sleep}

Placebos Demonstrate Power of the Human Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2022

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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When a disease affects the brain-body relationship, the placebo response can confound researchers. Read More ›